National Taiwan University

M.S. in Agricultural Economics (4.0 GPA)

Taipei, Taiwan

2018

California State University, Channel Islands

B.A. in Economics (3.8 GPA)

Camarillo, CA

2016

Data Scientist

Grimmway Enterprises

Bakersfield, CA

2018 - Current

• Trained machine learning models in R that improved predictive accuracy over previous methods by 40-50%.
• Used linear/mixed integer programming to optimize business operations.
• Performed complex data cleaning and exploration on large datasets.
• Wrote statistical analysis reports to determine causal relationships.
• Developed custom functions in R for cross-validation of time-series data with irregular time slices.
• Created Shiny apps and dashboards to visualize projections, implement dynamic optimization problems, and generate automated reports.
• Managed database tables using R and SQL.
• Scraped open source data online.
• Set up API connections and created API wrapper R packages.
• Created grimmay R package used internally to facilitate common programming tasks.
• Used Docker/DockerHub and ShinyProxy to publish applications and reports online.
• Communicated analytical methods and results to the entire executive team.

Data Analyst Intern

Small Business Development Center

Camarillo, CA

2015 - 2016

• Analyzed small business metrics, such as revenue per employee, to predict which clients have the highest risk of bankruptcy.
• Used model predictions to efficiently allocate limited consulting resources to assist at-risk businesses.
• Trained executive team in statistical methods.

Research Assistant

California State Univeristy, Channel Islands

Camarillo, CA

2014

• Collected and cleaned data from various online sources using Stata programming.
• Created visualizations in Stata and wrote literature reviews of scientific articles related to Chinese & Indian stock, currency, and debt markets.

Do Concealed Firearms Decrease Crime?

Used a unique dataset on county-level concealed firearms permits and applied two-stage least squares estimation & censored regression models to show that concealed firearms do not decrease crime.

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2018

Do HEVs Cause More Cyclist & Pedestrian Injuries?

Used logit model & large UK accident-level dataset to show that quieter electric vehicles significantly increase pedestrian accidents net of other covariates including speed limit and urbanization. Also used Bayesian methods (MCMC) to estimate the posterior distribution and check for non-normality in estimates.

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2018

Effect of Hurricane Morakot on Agricultural Prices in Taiwan

Used a difference-in-differences (DiD) event study model and a large transaction-level dataset to quantify the casual effect of Hurricane Morakot on vegetable prices in Taiwan, adding weight to the literature that claims weather is oftentimes the most important driver of local agricultural prices.

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Thesis Competition First Place Prize

Master’s thesis presentation competition first place winner.

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2018

Taiwan Ministry of Education Scholarship

Merit scholarship for post-graduate studies in Taiwan.

N/A

2016

Program Honors in Ecnomomics

Selected by CSUCI Economics Department faculty for outstanding achievement.

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2016

Wang Family Scholarship

Merit scholarship for international study in Taiwan & Mainland China.

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2014

President’s Scholarship

Highest scholastic achievement award in CSU system; only handful awarded annually.

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2012